墨字詮表
Ink Words Reveal
問。墨書之字。有詮表否。
Question: Do the characters written in ink have any inherent meaning or representation?
答。無。
Answer: No.
問。何故無詮。
Question: Why is it called “without explanation” or “ineffable”?
答。墨書非字。但屬書分。
Answer: The ink marks are not the word itself; they merely belong to the distinction of written forms.
問。何名書分。
Question: What does "Books and Sections" mean?
答。墨書劃畵。謂之書分。
"Painting and calligraphy done in ink are called the literary arts."
問。何知書分非字。
Question: How do you know that calligraphy is different from the written word?
答。西域記云。為顯諸字制造書分故。
Answer. The Western Regions Record says: "This is to reveal the formation of words and the classification of scripts."
問。字者何義。
Question: What is the meaning of "character"?
答。刊定之義。
問。刊定於何。
答。五音清濁之聲。目之為字。字尚無詮。況書分乎。
難曰。若墨書分無詮表者。目繫觀書解其義理。何云無詮。
答。墨止令應清濁字。集字成名。方詮諸法自性也。集名成句。始詮諸法差別之義。觀書解義其理在此。
問。理猶未曉。請細釋之。
答。如集諸行二字。成其一名。詮多有為之法。又集無常二字。復成一名。詮生滅義。集此二名成一句云。諸行無常。詮一切有為之法皆有生滅。此是觀書解義之道理。應難外云。若形書墨字有詮表者。不識字人亦觀其書。何不解義。